Oak Knoll (1) at Summit (15) - Softball

Make it eight straight games in which Summit has scored double-digit runs to start the season.

Summit scored 10 runs in the first inning en route to a 15-1 victory over intra-city rival Oak Knoll yesterday in five innings at Memorial Field in Summit.

"At the end of the first inning I was thinking that the girls brought their best right away," Summit coach Rachel Killeen said. "Usually it takes us a little bit to warm up, but they were on fire from the start."

Summit has scored at least 11 runs in every game this season and has a total of 145 in eight games, an average of 18.125 per game. The Union County school has scored at least 20 runs in half of its games.

Kayla Hoesly went 4-for-4 with three RBI, three runs, and two extra-base hits for Summit. The freshman also pitched well, allowing two hits and no earned runs over five innings.

"I was just trying to get my pitches over the plate," Hoesly said. "My arm felt good today."

"I got on base every time and I was really happy with my performance," Fabricant said. "I didn't think we were going to win this big. We lost last year to this team, so it's great that we won."

Summit scored 10 runs in the first inning despite four strikeouts from Oak Knoll pitcher Kathy Torres. But two of the four third strikes were not caught and the runners reached first base safely, including the first batter of the game. Alexandria Martinez and Julia Wanfried recorded a hit each for Oak Knoll in the rally.

The Union County Tournament seeding meeting will be held on Saturday. Summit is 8-0 and has outscored its opponents by 126 runs, but it has not beaten a team in The Star-Ledger's Union County top 10 rankings. The only game between now and the seeding meeting for Summit is at Roselle tomorrow.